Emmys 2024 FYC Exclusive Interview: Taylor Mac on his 24-Decade History of Popular Music “so much of queer culture has been erased – I wanted to make something so big it couldn’t be ignored”

In 2016, Taylor Mac performed a one-time-only, 24-hour immersive theatrical experience in front of a live audience at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. The concert offered an alternative take on U.S. history, narrated through music that was popular from the nation’s founding to the present, with Mac transforming hourly by changing into elaborate, decade-specific costumes... Continue Reading →

TV Review: Fantasmas ★★★★

In the delectably queer (in every sense of the word) new HBO comedy series Fantasmas, creator-writer-director-star Julio Torres (Los Espooskys, Problemista) plays a thirty-something creative named Julio Torres. He lives in a heightened, only-ever-so-slightly surreal version of New York City with his trusty robot assistant Bibo (voiced by Joe Rumrill), an aspiring actor eyeing human... Continue Reading →

Exclusive Interview: drag artist Sasha Velour joins HBO’s We’re Here “this is a healing, positive art form that spreads goodwill everywhere it goes”

With the first four episodes of We’re Here season 4 now steaming on Max, and new episodes debuting Fridays at 9pm ET/PT on HBO, drag artist, activist, writer, and RuPaul's Drag Race season 9 winner Sasha Velour speaks exclusively with The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann about becoming a host on the Emmy, Peabody, and... Continue Reading →

Exclusive Interview: Cynthia Nixon directs two back-to-back episodes on the second season of And Just Like That… “direction to me feels like love”

Emmy, Grammy, SAG, and Tony Award-winning actress Cynthia Nixon had already directed three Off-Broadway productions—Rasheeda Speaking, Steve, and MotherStruck!—when she sat in the director's chair on the first season of the Sex and the City spin-off series And Just Like That.... Nixon follows that assured television directorial debut with two back-to-back episodes as director on... Continue Reading →

Exclusive Interview: Krishnanand Kelkar & Ashleigh Warren – the queer stars of Max’s rom-doc dating series Swiping America

If you've seen the Emmy, Peabody, and GLAAD Award-winning We're Here on HBO/Max, you'll already know that its creators Johnnie Ingram and Stephen Warren do reality television differently. They're not interested in contrived drama or arguments, or endless recapping, instead they cut to the emotional core of the stories they're telling, using the genre in... Continue Reading →

Exclusive Interview: Kristen Lovell & Zackary Drucker reclaim the history of New York’s transgender sex workers with Sundance award-winning The Stroll

Following its award-winning world premiere at Sundance in January, directors Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker’s outstanding feature The Stroll went on to open London's prestigious LGBTQ+ film festival BFI Flare, and last week the filmmakers were recognized with the John Schlesinger Award for Best Director of a Documentary at the Provincetown International Film Festival. Rich,... Continue Reading →

Exclusive Interview: creators of HBO’s Emmy-winning We’re Here Stephen Warren & Johnnie Ingram “drag can save lives”

With the first two episodes of season three of the Emmy & GLAAD Award-winning unscripted series We’re Here now streaming on HBO Max—and new episodes airing on Fridays at 10pm ET/PT on HBO—The Queer Review’s editor James Kleinmann had an exclusive conversation with its creators and executive producers, Stephen Warren and Johnnie Ingram. They discuss the rise in anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes and the... Continue Reading →

Exclusive Interview: Bob the Drag Queen, Shangela & Eureka on We’re Here season 3 “we hope this show will ignite people to make change happen”

The Emmy & GLAAD Award-winning unscripted series We're Here, a certified The Queer Review favourite, returns to HBO tonight at 10pm ET/PT for its stunning third season. Continuing their journey across small-town USA, Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara, and Shangela Laquifa Wadley head to Texas, Mississippi, Utah, New Jersey, and Florida, helping to unite... Continue Reading →

TV Review: We’re Here season 3 ★★★★★

Stephen Warren and Johnnie Ingram's Emmy and GLAAD Award-winning unscripted series We're Here, directed and executive produced by Peter LoGreco, returns to HBO and HBO Max for its third season this Friday, November 25th, with even deeper, richer storytelling. Drag icons, Shangela Laquifa Wadley, Eureka O'Hara, and Bob the Drag Queen, continue their journey to... Continue Reading →

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